- Stress and anxiety
- Addictions support
- Family and relationship
About Brenda
Brenda Amundson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Massachusetts with 33 years of professional experience. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family challenges, depression, grief, anger, and other life changes. Her work includes support for intimacy issues, parenting concerns, career stress, bipolar adjustment, and problems related to hoarding, hospice care, HIV/AIDS, and first responder stress.
Brenda keeps sessions direct and practical. She listens for patterns in behavior and feeling, and then talks through steps clients can try between meetings. Conversations focus on what is happening now, what a person wants to change, and small actions to test in everyday life. Sessions are grounded in commonly used, evidence-based approaches rather than abstract theory.
Her background includes long experience across different settings, which gives a broad view of how stress and anger show up at home and work. She aims to help people notice triggers, practice new responses, and manage urges that lead to shouting, withdrawing, or risky behavior. Her approach is straightforward and task-focused when that is helpful.
People who contact Brenda can expect plain conversation about concrete problems. She encourages realistic steps for coping with strong feelings and building steadier routines. If you want to start, follow the online sign-up steps to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session.
Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are accepted. Costs vary with location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How Brenda applies evidence-based methods online
Many common evidence-based techniques focus on shifting thinking and behavior. Cognitive-based approaches help people identify unhelpful thoughts, test them, and try different responses when anger or anxiety arises. These methods are useful for work stress, relationship tension, and managing low mood.Behavioral strategies concentrate on actions and routines. That can include small experiments, activity scheduling, and gradual exposure to difficult situations. These practices aim to reduce avoidance, lower reactivity, and build steadier responses to triggers such as frustration or resentment.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist and client decide together which methods to try, based on the client’s goals, what has worked before, and personal preferences. That collaborative process may shift as new challenges appear.
Confirm which session formats are offered before booking, since the biography does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Different formats can help accommodate quieter surroundings, less bandwidth, or a need to avoid being on camera; discuss practical needs when you schedule your first session.
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Experience
33+ years
Listed in
Massachusetts
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family problems, grief, depression, anger, parenting issues, bipolar adjustment, and related life changes.
How would you describe her approach in sessions?
Her style is direct and practical, focusing on current patterns, clear steps to try between sessions, and conversations about what changes feel doable.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 33 years of professional work experience helping people with a wide range of concerns.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is an LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor - practicing in Massachusetts.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to start working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.